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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1987

FS: ABILITY TO CHANGE A KEY FACTOR IN SUCCESS

HONG KONG IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS ABILITY TO ADAPT EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TO ANY CHANGING CONDITION IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE 'FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FOR

PROSPECTS CHANGING

CONFERENCE SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE

"THE ON

KONG'S HONG

CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES

THE IN

OF ENVIRONMENT", MR JACOBS SAID THE FIRMS THAT HAD WITHSTOOD THE TEST

ACCEPTED CHANGE AS THE TIME WERE THOSE WHICH HAD

BRINGER OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES RATHER THAN AS A THREAT TO THE EXISTING ORDER.

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"THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF SUCCESS IN HONG KONG AND

THE AM GRATIFIED TO SEE

CHEMICAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY COLLECTIVELY

HE SAID. TAKING STOCK AND FORECASTING FUTURE TRENDS FOR GROWTH,

NOTED THAT FURTHER

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHEMICAL NOT ONLY BY THE REST OF BY

INNOVATION OF NEW

MR JACOBS PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG WOULD BE AFFECTED CHANGING SITUATION OF HONG KONG IN RELATION TO CHINA AND THE THE WORLD BUT ALSO BY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS,

BY TECHNIQUES, IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

AND BY THE INTRODUCTION IN SALES AND MARKETING PROGRAMMES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES.

HE ASSURED THE CONFERENCE THAT ALL VIEWS AND OPINION EXPRESSED WOULD BE WELCOME.

"UNDOUBTEDLY THEY WILL HELP US IN MAKING DECISIONS IN RELATION TO A HOST OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, HE SAID.

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ON

BY

MR JACOBS ALSO CONGRATULATED THE HONG KONG CHEMICAL SOCIETY

IN ORGANISING WHAT PROMISED ITS INITIATIVE

ΤΟ BE A STIMULATING HAD BEEN PROVIDED CONFERENCE AND ALSO WELCOMED THE SUPPORT THAT THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPONSORS.

INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT ASSISTS CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY

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THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAS ASSISTED THE SETTING-UP NUMBER OF CHEMICAL PLANTS IN THE PAST AND IS CURRENTLY ASSISTING THAN 20 PROJECTS IN THE CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY.

OF A MORE

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR IAN HOWARD, SAID THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A CONFERENCE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY

ON DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG CHEMICAL SOCIETY

THE PROSPECTS FOR HONG KONG'S CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES IN THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

/HE ADDED